Readers Defend Ban
On Internet Taxation

I could be wrong, but I am slowly starting to think that when it comes to the issue of taxes and tax levels, readers of this newspaper have some rather strong feelings.

Monday's column was about taxation on the Internet, and described a number of bills before Congress that would basically preclude most Internet activity from being taxed. I took the clearly unfashionable pro-tax position, noting that the Internet itself was made possible by taxpayers and federal spending of a generation ago. I added that the seemingly...